How do I onboard users using their Social media credentials?

You can enable users to sign up using their Facebook, Google, or GitHub credentials.

This use case starts when want to allow user onboarding using their Social media account and ends when you have completed the configuration.

In this example, you enable users to sign in using their Facebook credentials.

Before you begin

Ensure that the OAuth feature is enabled.

Ensure you have registered an OAuth application in Facebook and have the API key and API secret values of the application. For information on registering an application in Facebook, see https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/web/.

In the OAuth application that you create in Facebook, provide the Developer Portal URL in the following format:

Developer_Portal_URL/portal/rest/v1/login/callback

To enable SSO onboarding using Facebook credentials:

1. Click the menu options icon

from the title bar and click Administration.

2. Select OAuth.

3. Select Facebook from the Providers tab.

4. Provide the API key and API secret values from the OAuth application registered in Facebook.

5. Click Save.

Your changes are saved.

Alternative steps

Enable users to use their Google or GitHub credentials to sign in to Developer Portal. You must register an OAuth application in the required social media applications and provide the API key and API secret values of the application.

For information on registering an application in Google, see https://blog.rebex.net/howto-register-gmail-oauth.

For information on registering an application in GitHub, see https://docs.github.com/en/developers/apps/creating-an-oauth-app.

Next steps

The Sign in with Facebook button appears in the Sign in page.

User can click this button, provide their Facebook credentials to sign up to Developer Portal. The sign up request goes through the onboarding strategy.